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Australia yet to find a way out of its China dilemma
Following Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Canberra, it is clear the relationship is nowhere near returning to the way it was.
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Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese (right) and his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at Parliament House in Canberra on June 17.
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It was just a minor slip-up, but it told a poignant story. When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rose to welcome his Chinese counterpart to a formal luncheon in Canberra’s Parliament House
Mr Albanese’s dearest wish would be to take the bilateral relationship back to the way things were when Mr Li Keqiang visited seven years ago. That was just before Australia’s relationship with its largest trading partner took a spectacular nosedive, from which it is now slowly recovering.
